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Zizkov
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10-05-2001 08:58 PM ET (US)
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I always though this came from Canada? I remember hearing a radio programme about eight years ago? where a Canadian author pointed out how Canadians spoke like this? Then again, we don't have so many Canadians here to check this.
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| blue balaclava
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09-27-2001 02:25 AM ET (US)
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Uptalking is even more annoying in the field where it has spread like kudzu:
Poetry readings?
Pretentious, langourous poetry readings?
Where the inflection is as wifty as their lyrical content,
sloughing off as mephitic gas?
Don't light that Zippo -- it will not --- end --- well?
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| chico haas
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09-26-2001 05:28 PM ET (US)
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Since uptalking is neither a declaration nor a question, it's particularly difficult to quote in print. At the end of a simple sentence, you can't type '..he said.' Or '...he asked.' My dumb solution: "Yesterday, Gar and I went to the store to get some Slim Jims," he suggested.
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| Stefan Jones
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09-26-2001 02:26 PM ET (US)
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Y'know, I ran into this just the other day. Like, "Huh? What is she _asking_ me? Did I miss something?"
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| Cory Doctorow
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09-26-2001 02:12 PM ET (US)
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Right! Perfect example?
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| Jerry Kindall
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09-26-2001 02:02 PM ET (US)
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I saw a bit of a VH1 special on Judas Priest recently, and Rob Halford was uptalking.
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| adina
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09-26-2001 11:38 AM ET (US)
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Patricia. Cory: need I say more?
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